Top 62 Quotes & Sayings by Martin Gore
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Last updated on September 10, 2024.
I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.
I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.
There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The more remixes we can give them, the more interesting those nights have got to be.
I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.
There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.
Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.
I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.
Anything that I write comes from the soul.
I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode.
God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.
Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunately, it makes it easier for a lot of mediocre people to get really crappy ideas out.
I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.
I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.
I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.
I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.
Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.
I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.
When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.
I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.
I've not worn a dress since about 1985. It always amazes me how there is still a fascination for it in England. The rest of the world doesn't seem to care. I'm not sure whether they don't remember or whether they've just moved on from it. I was brought up in the glam era.
I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.
I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.
Kids today don't know that much about vinyl.
I didn't write songs for a very long time.
The majority of the time I'm at home with my family, I play football three times a week.
People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.
I don't like to think 10 years down the road.
I'm not particularly prolific.
I even have nephews who make music, my daughter makes music. I don't know what advice to give them these days. It's really a tough industry to break into.
There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.
If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.
I love being in the studio. If I'm at home, I will go to the studio pretty much every day anyway. It's just something that I like to do.
For years, I was stuck behind a keyboard rig. When I started playing guitar onstage, it was a bit of a release - not to be stuck in one spot the whole night. It's really enjoyable having the freedom to move around. You just have to remember to end up somewhere near a microphone.
I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.
More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
I find it odd seeing a DJ playing to huge audiences. I know that people have been doing it for a while, but the fact that it's been embraced so much in America now and it's become like this new, big thing, I find it slightly odd.
I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.
I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.
Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.
If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.
Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well.
There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.
It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.
You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.
When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.
All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.
I started getting back into buying old analog gear while we were recording. Lots of old drum machines and synths. It wasn't a conscious thing. I didn't consider myself a collector, but boxes of vintage gear would turn up virtually every day.
It was so exciting to go to the record shop and buy a piece of vinyl and hold it, read the liner notes, look at the pictures. Even the smell of the vinyl.
If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.
I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity for me. I go into the studio at least five days a week, every week, so once I had the idea and the template, the process was quick and fun.
I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.
When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.
When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure.
I was born with the wrong sign
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy
I took the wrong road
That led to
The wrong tendencies
I was in the wrong place
At the wrong time
For the wrong reason
And the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day
Of the wrong week
Used the wrong method
With the wrong technique
Wrong
Wrong.
The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.
England never felt claustrophobic for me at all. I think it would feel more difficult for me if I lived in mainland Europe. America I think is really easy because Los Angeles has film stars everywhere and musicians and Santa Barbara a lot of people have homes there even if they don't live there. You are kind of inconsequential, no one cares.
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